Timberframe Interiors

Designers looking to capture the unique appeal of timberframe construction receive a definite resource illustrating a variety of styles, with specifics on color, patterns, lighting, and room arrangements, complete with breathtaking full-color photography. Original.

Timberframe houses display their structure with soaring wood timbers, each crafted to join the next, emphasising strength, safety and permanence.

Elegant in simplicity yet immensely strong, timberframe homes are highly sought after for their pleasing symmetry and their longevity. The Timberframe Plan Book is a hands-on guide to choosing the floor plan of a home builder's dream.Thirty plans-each containing professional tips-have been designed by some of the field's premier builders and designers. Vivid interior and exterior photographs celebrate the art of this centuries-old craft.

The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners! Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Beemer shows you exactly how to build one small (12ʹ x 16ʹ) timber-frame structure — suitable for use as a cabin, workshop, or studio. He also explains how to modify the structure to suit your needs and location by adding a loft, moving doors or windows, changing the roof pitch, or making the frame larger or smaller. You’ll end up with a beautiful building as well as solid timber-framing skills that you can use for a lifetime.

Explore more than 25 finely crafted timber frame homes, inside and out. Guided by floor plans, this photographic journey takes you from an overall look at the exteriors of stately, custom-built homes, through the interiors. Whether designed to be warm and cozy, or awesome and impressive, these homes are inspiring. Pass through inviting foyers to the private worlds of timber-frame home owners. The tours include towering great rooms, dream kitchens, dens and family rooms, and the inner sanctums of master suites. Enjoy views of the open construction possible with timber frame design while perched in the loft, or gaze up the length of a two-story stone chimney. Additionally, examples of a pool house, office, barn, and workshop provide ideas for other areas where the art of post and beam can be incorporated into your property.

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